Nine Standards

C2C - Kirkby to Keld

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May 29th 2022
Feeling refreshed from our rest day, we were up early and rejoined the trail, via part of the ‘viaduct’ walk, ready for the 20km ahead of us. The trail, naturally it seems, starts by climbing up…and up… and up. I thought we’d done the steep hills but this mornings walk was definitely a couple hours more of uphill (thankfully it was then all Downhill). Reaching the Nine Standards (9 old r ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more